ashlar

Examples of ashlar in the following topics:

• Characteristics of Romanesque Architecture

  • Smooth ashlar masonry was not a distinguishing feature of the style, particularly in the earlier part of the period, but occurred chiefly where easily worked limestone was available.
  • Where really massive columns were called for, such as those at Durham Cathedral, they were constructed of ashlar masonry and the hollow core was filled with rubble.

• Mycenaean Architecture

  • The walls of Mycenaean citadel sites were often built with ashlar and massive stone blocks.
  • Due to this ancient belief the use of large, roughly cut, ashlar blocks in building is referred to as Cyclopean masonry.

• Machu Picchu

  • The Incas were masters of this technique, called ashlar, in which blocks of stone are cut to fit together tightly without mortar.

• Architecture

  • The main material is ashlar masonry, sometimes accompanied by details in reused Roman brick.

• Spanish Architecture in the Northern Renaissance

  • Herrerian architecture was extremely sober, naked, and particularly accomplished in the use of granite ashlar work.

• Renaissance Architecture

  • Finally, external Renaissance walls were generally of highly finished ashlar masonry, laid in straight courses.